Frank DePasquale papers

Frank Albert DePasquale was born in 1925 in Roselle, New Jersey. After serving in the Army during World War II, he studied at the School of Architecture and Engineering at North Carolina State University beginning in 1946. He graduated with a bachelor of architecture degree in 1951 and began work at Piatt and Davis Engineers, with whom he had interned for three years. In 1956, the office of Durham architect George Watts Carr offered DePasquale a position. In need of experienced architects, the firm provided DePasquale increased responsibility. His duties included design and construction documents for many public buildings. In 1959 Mr. DePasquale moved to Tampa, Florida, at the convincing of former Durham architect Leslie Walker, to work at the firm Walker & Jackson. In late 1961, Walker & Jackson dissolved their partnership and DePasquale established the firm of Frank A. DePasquale, AIA Architect, in Tampa. A recession in late 1962 and scarcity of architectural projects caused DePasquale to return to Durham. In December of 1963, Mr. DePasquale returned to the firm of George Watts Carr Architects in the position of associate, later reorganized as a partnership named Carr Harrison Pruden and DePasquale Architects. For the next fifteen years, DePasquale was in charge of diverse architectural projects, involving client contact, programming of projects, land use studies, site planning, master planning, design drawings, interior design, construction documents, and construction coordination. In 1978 Robert W. Carr decided to create a new firm with his son, and DePasquale established the firm of DePasquale Markham Thompson and Wilson Architects, later named DTW Architects and Planners. Though Frank DePasquale formally retired in the mid 1990s, he continued to be involved in the work of his firm. He was a notable presence in the renovation and preservation of downtown Durham.